Labour Leader: Keir Starmer VII

[ks.234]

Elphicke is the lesser of two evils.

..possibly?

 

[notaclue]

Has anyone got Sir Keir's phone number?

If so, give him a ring. Quick.

 

[wulbert]

Her husband is a convicted sex pest and she inherited his job under dubious circumstances.

Didn't know Convicted Sex Pest was now a paying job, but nothing surprises me with a Tory government. They can monetise anything.

 

[Dave H.]

Elphicke is just a whisker shy of Braverman in terms of far right, sadistic crankery, and a very nasty piece of work on a personal level. One of the most toxic people in politics, a stain on public life and on the country as a whole.

It's not just Sunak being humiliated here. Anyone even vaguely progressive who has ever applauded Starmer for his hard-headed compromises and triangulations - LOL, this one's for you. This lot showed you exactly who they are a long time ago. You couldn't or wouldn't see it, and now they're rubbing your nose in it.

Presumably Kirk will be along shortly to explain how you and the other comrades are morons for thinking this.

 

[Darmok]

Here is Owen Jones's of the Gruan take on this rw defection to LAB...

Natalie Elphicke is a hard-right Tory. Her defection sums up Labour’s contempt for progressive voters | Owen Jones

It was hailed as a triumph: it is anything but. It reveals a party that’s lost its moral compass

www.theguardian.com

 

[TheDecameron]

It just got completely insane:

David Lammy tells US Republicans he can find ‘common cause’ with Trump

Shadow foreign secretary makes push to woo conservatives after initial hostility towards former president

www.theguardian.com

“David Lammy, the shadow foreign secretary, has set out in a Washington DC speech his credentials as a British foreign secretary capable of working with a Trump presidency, saying he “gets the agenda that drives America First”, and insisting he would seek to find “common cause” with Donald Trump”.

 

[Nick_G]

It just got completely insane:

David Lammy tells US Republicans he can find ‘common cause’ with Trump

Shadow foreign secretary makes push to woo conservatives after initial hostility towards former president

www.theguardian.com

“David Lammy, the shadow foreign secretary, has set out in a Washington DC speech his credentials as a British foreign secretary capable of working with a Trump presidency, saying he “gets the agenda that drives America First”, and insisting he would seek to find “common cause” with Donald Trump”.

C.H.A.O.S.

 

[Woodface]

Never see the point in these defections, doesn’t seem to end well for either side.

 

[Tony L]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1788308994156552596

Cold War Steve.

 

[Metlor]

It just got completely insane:

David Lammy tells US Republicans he can find ‘common cause’ with Trump

Shadow foreign secretary makes push to woo conservatives after initial hostility towards former president

www.theguardian.com

“David Lammy, the shadow foreign secretary, has set out in a Washington DC speech his credentials as a British foreign secretary capable of working with a Trump presidency, saying he “gets the agenda that drives America First”, and insisting he would seek to find “common cause” with Donald Trump”.

Lammy the pragmatist.

Generosity during his student days has paid for his acceptance of 35,000 + Palestinian deaths.

Invoking Nelson Mandela to condemn the (violent?) pro Palestinian demonstrators seems a bit off too.

Trump will be satisfied.

 

[ks.234]

Never see the point in these defections, doesn’t seem to end well for either side.

Makes you wonder which side is which

 

[gavreid]

Westminster bubble - completely divorced from reality. Not only do they have an internal problem with racism but welcome another with open arms!

 

[ks.234]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1788465765194080675

 

[MVV]

For the first time in my life I was in a local election booth and didn’t just vote Labour. I scanned down looking for Green but it wasn’t there so put my cross on Labour. Don’t know what I will do in the GE but I feel betrayed.

 

[ks.234]

For the first time in my life I was in a local election booth and didn’t just vote Labour. I scanned down looking for Green but it wasn’t there so put my cross on Labour. Don’t know what I will do in the GE but I feel betrayed.

Join the Green Party in your area, go along to meetings and express your sense of betrayal directly!

 

[paulfromcamden]

It just got completely insane:

David Lammy tells US Republicans he can find ‘common cause’ with Trump

Shadow foreign secretary makes push to woo conservatives after initial hostility towards former president

www.theguardian.com

“David Lammy, the shadow foreign secretary, has set out in a Washington DC speech his credentials as a British foreign secretary capable of working with a Trump presidency, saying he “gets the agenda that drives America First”, and insisting he would seek to find “common cause” with Donald Trump”.

That's hillarious.

"Didn't you say you'd chain yourself to the door of No.10 if Trump became president?"
"Yes, but I was a backbencher then..."

 

[tiggers]

Starmer has got himself yet another Tory in the shape of Natalie Elphicke.

I do not recognise the Labour Party as the party I was once a member of... there's nothing of the old party left... I never thought I would see the day when they would accept someone like this into their ranks with open arms. It's deeply saddening.

 

[Tony L]

Not a fan of these clickbait ‘joke’ papers, but in this case The Poke captures the mood pretty well and is easier than linking multiple Twitter posts:

27 potential defectors to Labour after the shock arrival of Natalie Elphicke

As you will have noticed, Labour has a new MP after former Conservative Natalie Elphicke crossed the floor on Wednesday – just in time to derail Rishi Sunak‘s composure for Prime Minister’s Questions. Welcome, @NatalieElphicke, Labour’s new MP for Dover and Deal. I am proud to lead a changed...

www.thepoke.com

 

[paulfromcamden]

One to cut out and keep.

 

[ks.234]

One to cut out and keep.

Yes, she’s a perfect fit. That’s the problem ffs Starmer you bloody fool.